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73-year-old Simon Gandolfi rides through South Americahttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/jan/10/south-america-road-trips-bike
Flash wheels and support vehicles are for wimps, as 73-year-old Simon Gandolfi proves when he picks up a 'pizza delivery bike' in Mexico and heads down south<p>Why would a reasonably sane man in his 70s ride the length of Hispanic America on a small motorcycle - a man who is overweight, suffered two minor heart attacks, has a bad back and survives on a small pension? Age has much to do with it. My wife is younger by almost 30 years. I suspect that our late-teenage sons find me an embarrassment. I am mistaken for their granddad - or an old tramp. And my tales of past travels bore them. </p><p>So an attempt to prove to myself and to my family that I can hack it? And to others of my age that solo travel remains possible and an enlivening experience. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/jan/10/south-america-road-trips-bike">Continue reading...</a>South America holidaysRoad tripsAdventure travelTravelling soloTravelMexico holidaysCosta Rica holidaysHonduras holidaysArgentina holidaysColombia holidaysPeru holidaysBolivia holidaysSat, 10 Jan 2009 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/jan/10/south-america-road-trips-bikePhotograph: Simon GandolfiTravelling light ... Simon Gandolfi on his motorbike tour of South and Central AmericaPhotograph: Simon GandolfiTravelling light ... Simon Gandolfi on his motorbike tour of South and Central AmericaSimon Gandolfi2009-01-10T00:01:00Z